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Microsoft Surface 13-inch laptop (2025), from €1,119
Microsoft Surface Laptop 2025
We can’t get away from artificial intelligence. It is in everything from our note-taking apps to health and wellness trackers, and with Microsoft’s link-up with OpenAI, it is now coming embedded in our laptops.
The new Microsoft Surface Laptop is one of the company’s Copilot+ devices, which means it is not only designed for use with AI tools, but it is future-proofed to work with what comes next. The Copilot+ devices have a dedicated neural processor to help with AI tasks, meaning less impact on your battery life, plus some additional features such as Studio Effects, which brings auto-framing to video calls to keep you in the centre of the frame, and an option to make it look like you are maintaining eye contact, even when you aren’t staring directly down the camera.
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